Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Environment & Energy

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)

32. Would "Nigeria with polar bears" be too much hyperbole for you?

Reply to Benton D Struckcheon (Reply #31)

Thu Jun 5, 2014, 09:27 AM

Jun 2014

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

36 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Dennis Meadows: Collapse inevitable 2015-2020 [View all] GliderGuider Jun 2014 OP

Ah... the joy of being able to confidently say... FBaggins Jun 2014 #1

Early is wrong. Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #7

data, not anecdote FBaggins Jun 2014 #12

But that's why if you look at my post I used the CRB. Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #13

Ah... but you're not reading it right. FBaggins Jun 2014 #15

The problem with that argument is... Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #16

Many DUers have already come to this conclusion. upaloopa Jun 2014 #2

If we paid the true environmental cost for what we do The2ndWheel Jun 2014 #3

just a vague memory that supports you some ? Leme Jun 2014 #5

Great. Just great. Damn hippies. We were right all along. postulater Jun 2014 #4

I recently turned 70. It appears to me collapse is already happening, just slowly, enough Jun 2014 #6

like a frog in a slowly warming pot..getting uncomfortable...soon dead nt Leme Jun 2014 #14

There's nothing like an LtG thread to draw the cornucopians out of the woodwork, eh? GliderGuider Jun 2014 #8

DUzy phantom power Jun 2014 #9

1914 to 1960 was a lot worse for humanity, by many many orders of magnitude. Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #10

That's a very hard comparison to make NickB79 Jun 2014 #17

That's a reasonable argument to make, Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #18

The problem with complex systems is that up until they fail things look fairly normal. GliderGuider Jun 2014 #19

The problem with your thesis is right in front of you. Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #20

From where I sit, things ARE happening now. GliderGuider Jun 2014 #21

On the political and economic points. Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #23

Some support for the contrarian point of view GliderGuider Jun 2014 #24

Talking globally, not just the US, on the authoritarianism part. Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #25

We have very different world views. nt GliderGuider Jun 2014 #26

Obviously. FBaggins Jun 2014 #27

Everyone's reality is influenced by their worldview. GliderGuider Jun 2014 #28

Evidence of creeping government authoritarianism in Canada GliderGuider Jun 2014 #30

Agreed that Canada's politics are heading downhill fast. Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #31

Would "Nigeria with polar bears" be too much hyperbole for you? GliderGuider Jun 2014 #32

Well, yeah. Now, if you get your own version of Boko Haram.... n/t Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #33

Well, we do have the Partie Quebecois... nt GliderGuider Jun 2014 #34

An interesting "short paper", that basically says "shit happens" regardless system safety measures. Starboard Tack Jun 2014 #22

The world is not divided into just Malthusians and Cornucopians FBaggins Jun 2014 #11

Does the name Bilderberg Group ring a bell? defacto7 Jun 2014 #29

Nobody wants to spook the horses. GliderGuider Jun 2014 #35

True. (n/t) Nihil Jun 2014 #36